What Has The Internet Taught You?
xioutlawix
Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7118Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 7118Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">Just like the topic says...</div> Hopefully this doesn't get considered a spam thread, thinking we can all come up with some interesting personal insight as to what we've encountered during our stay here on the intarweb, rules are simple, just state one thing (just one) thing that you've noticed and or learned while browsing.
I'll start it off...
I've learned that if it can be considered a fetish, someone's already got a website dedicated to it. Proceed!
I'll start it off...
I've learned that if it can be considered a fetish, someone's already got a website dedicated to it. Proceed!
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Forums are addicting, don't click pop-ups that say "Do you have access to the internet?"
Bidding money on eBay for literaly nothing...
See athread about guy sueing communications company b/c his kids are lazy and his wife is overweight etc
That and a wide range of general knowledge that would awe people from pre-intarniit times.
ummm...... I said petty. Not pretty.
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pet·ty
adj. pet·ti·er, pet·ti·est
Of small importance; trivial: a petty grievance.
Marked by narrowness of mind, ideas, or views.
Marked by meanness or lack of generosity, especially in trifling matters.
Secondary in importance or rank; subordinate. See Synonyms at trivial.
Law. Variant of petit.
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Therefore I've concluded that those I hate are idiots <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
EDIT : And if you're wondering, I don't hate anyone in this forum BUT the smallest cult of idiots that well....are just idiots, thankfully they're banned already <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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QUOTE (BizZy | 9mm Messiah @ Jan 12 2004, 01:02 AM)
Basically what [WHO] said, the world can look so much prettier if you've been in your house for one whole day doing nothing but working out your fingers. Oh and that waking up to sunshine and birds chirping promotes a better gaming experience (in my eyes it does ^^.)
ummm...... I said petty. Not pretty. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Um, yea my fault, I was kinda speed reading this stuff. Sorry. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
To Quote Einstein:
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...and that incredibly stupid things can be entertaining.
I've also learnt that true randomness is an art......
<img src='http://www.haxgames.com/fooby.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
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Trayder's signature, omg you've gotta see it.
What he said ^^
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It's ironic that it's also the best place to seek knowledge, so maybe there is hope <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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Every time someone of intelligence posts something, it gets beaten to the ground with mediocrity. Not here, but everywhere else. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So true. Like the smart guy in the class asks the questions, get all the answers right, trying to succeed and is stabbed in the back by the rest of the hatin students. Such a shame..
Yeah!
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Sadly its true.
I have learned that if your horny, the internet is a great place to look at naked girls who you would never have a shot with in 100000 years. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
I have learned that the acronym ASL, is the nicest way to say "Hey, LIE to me about these 3 things!"
That Ebay allows you to sell anything and even if its the most pointless thing you have ever seen, SOMEONE will buy it from a really dumb price!
That the NS forums have taken most of my life from me! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
That you can make friends, talk to them for weeks and than find out that Esuna is really a guy when you see him in game. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
I wish you had said that sooner!!!!!
Most of the time keyboard is faster. [TAB] [TAB] [Backspace] [Enter] [shift tab] [ALT+TAB] CTRL+ALT+DEL
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That people really are cold-hearted **** who think only of themselves and do nothing but exploit others for personal gain.
Also that the stupidest little animations are sometimes the most entertaining. And that some of the funniest people out there aren't in the comedy business.
That people really are cold-hearted **** who think only of themselves and do nothing but exploit others for personal gain.
Also that the stupidest little animations are sometimes the most entertaining. And that some of the funniest people out there aren't in the comedy business. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Some people are, we can 't overgeneralise.
Also, while the internet has shown me wonderous things, it has also shown me that <i>yes</i>, there really are people out there that masturbate to japanese cartoons. I pity the fool.
-The internet has taught me, everything is free, you just have to find it.
-There are a WHOLE LOT of people who are willing to give you ridiculous sums of money for virtual game items.
-There are about a gazillion Nigerian Generals who are god awful at math and are willing to give up 40-80% of their 10-100 million dollar fortune if you'll just give them your credit card number/bank account passcode.
-Pron pop-ups happen the most unlikely of places (and un-opportune times, "Hiya Boss!").
-Everyone is a jerk, some just less so than others.
-99% of the teenagers on the net need a good spanking, a slap in the face, and a box of soap to wash their filthy mouth out with. To heck with respect your elders, let's just get them to the point where they can hold a conversation without blasting someone else with their scum bucket of a tounge. Yes, conversations DO exist where you don't belittle other people!
-Military folks on the net come in two flavors, the extremely smart ones who are great to hang around with and can hold a conversation on virtually anything with, and the ones who think an ethernet plug is some type of link with god (get it? ether? god? ye... oh forget it...)
-RIAA is the devil and so is the DMCA (speaking of which try either of these two terms in Google)
-Lots of people are <a href='http://www.abovetopsecret.com' target='_blank'>PARANOID</a> beyond belief, then again, in this day and age some of these people are actually starting to make some sense *shudder*.
-Without an ad blocker, your screen is guranteed to look somewhat like a tetris game gone bad in 5 minutes flat.
-Money DOES grow on trees (http://www.treeloot.com, it's full of crap and spyware and such so go there only if you're obsessed with getting up to date <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
-Everyone knows what your doing on the web all the time(<a href='http://www.spychecker.com/spyware.html' target='_blank'>Spyware</a>)
-Brunnetes do it better...apparently.
-<a href='http://www.hamsterdance.com/' target='_blank'>Hamster's</a> bring the house down baby.
-<a href='http://www.overclocked.org/OCzerowing.htm' target='_blank'>ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US</a> (I must agree with this)
-Japanese people will do <a href='http://www.spiketv.com/shows/meec/' target='_blank'>ANYTHING</a> to get on TV for 10 seconds.
-Bittorent is addictive like crack
-MonsE needs a haircut
-Some foolish game companies still don't realize that games get popular via <a href='http://www.penny-arcade.com/' target='_blank'>word of mouth</a>.
-Moo Cows pwn.
-<a href='http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/' target='_blank'>Ctrl-Alt-Delete</a> doesn't just restart your computer nowadays.
Not that this is a bad thing though <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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Well, that quote is kind of mean but its true, Flaming = Mental Retardation.
Almost forgot: <a href='http://images.google.com/images?q=Domo&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en' target='_blank'>Domo</a> is the most powerful creature on the planet!!! OBEH!!!
And that Red Vs Blue is one of the funniest things ever
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Good topic, and some really great responses!
I have learnt from the internet that downloading anything over 10MB on a 56k modem is both tiring and incredibly frustrating, and all the more when ADSL users download the same thing 2 hours after you and yet manage to get it before you.
I have learnt that Mods are my saviour, and can bring many months (or years) of life into an already completed or dated game.
Leaking Games is possibly the most stupid (and I've seen the I&S forum) and selfish thing I've ever seen on the internet, (My poor Half-Life 2 release date......woe is me! )
Downloading films or leaked/Retail Games off the internet without paying a penny isnt right. I'm proud that the area around my computer is littered with the Cases and boxes of the games and movies I spent my hard earned cash on.
The Natural-Selection community rocks. Dont ever die on me!